Hydrant.



ITO-836,400. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906. C. A. PEAK.

` -HYDRANT- VAPPLIOATION FILED un 29.1905.

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UNTTED STAT S PATENT FFTCE.

i CHARLES A. PEAK, OF EVANSVTLLE, lNDlANA, ASSTGNOR OF ONE-HALF i TO L. AMIET, OF HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

'HYDRANTl No. 836,400. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed May 29,1905. Serial Nm 262.861. To @ZZ whom it may concern: boss 20, formed on the top of the boxing, the Be it known that I, CHARLES A. PEAK, a upper portion of the sleeve or tube being concitizen of the United States, residing at nected to the delivery-pipe 13 by means of a Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and yoke 21. The turning movement of the State of Indiana, have invented a new and valve-stem, and consequently of the valve, useful Hydrant, of which the followingl is a is limited by a pin 22, operating in a slot 23 specification. in the upper end of the tube 19.

This invention relates more particularly to The casing 8 between the turning-plug or improvements in that class of hydrants valve and the delivery end is provide with 1o wherein the valve is located below the irosta waste-passage 24, located in the lower side line and means are provided Vfor permitting of said casing at one side of the plug and seat, the escape of water in the pipe outside the said vent being disposed entirely out ot alinevalve when said valve is closed. ment with the plug and opening through a The principal object is to provide a novel depending nipple 25. This waste-passage 1 5 and exceedingly simple mechanism which is disposed directly over the opening 6 in the will permit the free escape ofthe water in the bottom 5 of the boxing and is controlled by delivery-pipe when the waste-passage is a closure-plate 26, movable to and from a closed and will close the valve when the valve position over the nipple and being secured is opened, the parts being entirely accessible by suitable meansfas, tor instance, screws 2 0. and not liable to derangement. 27-to the lower end of the turning-plug. The preferred embodiment of the invention The closure-plate is disposed longitudinally /f illustrated in the accompanying drawings, ot an opening 28 in the turning-plug, .and vhereinthus it will be seen that when the plug is 1n f Figure 1 is a view in elevation oi the ima position to permit the passage of water o n.49" proved structure. Fig. 2 is a vertical longithrough the casing the plate will be located tudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 directly over the waste-passage, as illustrated is a cross-sectional view. Fig. l is a detail in Fig. 2. Consequently it will be apparent bottom plan view of the valve-casing, showthat when the valve is closed the waste-pasing the vent opened. sage will be opened. lt is therefore appar- 3o Similar reference-numerals designate corent that when the hydrant is opened to perresponding parts in all the figures of the mit the'passage of water therethrough the drawings. l

In the embodiment illustrated a boxing is employed comprising abase 5, having awaste opening 6 and a body 7 secured on said base.

waste oi any material amount of water. Vhen, however, the hydrant is closed, the waste-passage is opened 'fully and the water Vithin this boxing is located a casing 8, proin the delivery-pipe and in the outer portion ded with depending supports 9, secured to ci the casing beyond the valve can freely es- Ve base 5. The casing has an inlet 10, into cape into the boxing and thence through the thich is threaded a supply-pipe 11, that l opening 6 into the ground. The boxing can Wsses through one end of the boxing. The of course be sunk to any depth desired and aher end oi the casing is upturned and forms thoroughly protects the inclosed casing, torm- Otlyoutlet 12, in which is screwed a deliverying, moreover, a chamber to permit the tree atl fe 13, thatextends through the top of the escape of the water from the delivery-pipe. pl,Faxing and in the present embodiment termi- It will be clear that the structure is very .fnates at its upper end in an overhanging dissimple and the parts, while not liable to decharge-spout 14. rangement, are entirely accessible should re- Aturninglug 15 isjournaled inasuitable ,pairs become necessary. Tt is also to be seat for it formed in the casing and projects noted that the valve-plate 26 is disposed ex- 1 above the same, having a flat-sided lug 16 interiorly oi the casing, where it can be readily 5o terlocking with the lower end of an operatingreached, and, furthermore constitutes means stem 17,the upper end oi said stem being proi for retaining the plug in its seat, thereby pervided with a suitable hand-wheel 18. This forming a double function.

stem passes through a guide sleeve or tube From the Jforegoing it is thought that the 19, the lower end of which is threaded into a i construction, operation, and many advanwaste-passage will be closed against the IOO tages of the herein-described invention will boxing, a casing located be apparent to those skilled in the art withabove the bottom thereof out further description, and it will be underpassage in its lower side stood that various changes in the size, shape, the opening of said boxing, a supply-pipe proportion, and minor details of construcconnected to one end of the casing, a delivery-pipe connected to the other end, a

tion may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the adturning-plug j ournaled in the casing beneath the guide-tube and at one side of the wastevantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what passage, said plug projecting above and below the casing, an actuating-stem for said I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letplug extending downwardly through said ters Patent, is` v 1. In a hydrant, the combination with a tube and connectedv to the upper projecting end of said plug,

casing having a water passage-way therethrough, a plug-seat disposed transversely of j lower projecting end of the plug outside the casing, and operating inthe boxing between I l within the boxing and having a wastethe water passage-way, and a waste-passage also disposed transversely of the passagethe waste-passage and opening, said closure way, said waste-passage communicating with being movable to and from a position over the outer end ofthe waste-passage when said t e passage-way and having its outer end turning plug is operated, and furthermore out of alinement with the plug-seat, of a turning-plug rotatably mounted on the seat constituting means for retaining the plug in the casing.

and projecting below the casing, and a valve carried by the projecting portion of the plug, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aliixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

and constituting means for plug in its seat, said valve being located out- CHARLES A. PEAK.

side of the casing and movable over and from the outer end of the waste-passage. 2. In a hydrant, the combination with a boxing having an opening in its bottom, of a tubular guide connected to the top of the j Witnesses:

JOSEPH M. KAELIN, ARTHUR F. MULLER.

that is located over and a closure secured to the 

